man: i think that john f. kennedy did precisely the right thing in order to meet the catholic issue, which was to make west virginians feel that if they did not vote for him, why, then, they were prejudiced. and this was a very clever way in which he was able to play on the fairness and sense of justice of most west virginians. now, you cannot tell me that the day i was born, it was said i could never run for president because i wouldn't meet my oath of office! i came to the state of west virginia, which has fewer numbers of my co-religionists than any state in the union. i would not have come here if i didn't feel that i was going to get complete opportunity to run for office as a fellow american in this state. i would not run for it if in any way i didn't feel that i could do the job. so i come here today saying that i think that this is an issue that drops itself. when he tells that in morgantown, it's a turning point, not only in his campaign but you could argue in american politics. you have a hard issue,